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Texas RRC Intervenes in Renewable Transmission Proceedings

Expressing concern that proposed renewable energy transmission lines may “impede the development of oil and natural gas resources,” the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) last week filed motions to intervene in several Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) proceedings.

December 7, 2009

Texas Railroad Commission Tries to Block Renewable Transmission Lines

Expressing concern that proposed renewable energy transmission lines may “impede the development of oil and natural gas resources,” the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) this week filed motions to intervene in several Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) proceedings.

December 3, 2009

Western Industry Group Lambasts GHG Emissions Regulation Plan

The Western Business Roundtable — which is comprised of senor executives from western U.S. businesses — is expressing its concerns over the possibility that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) might regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The group has launched a nationwide grassroots campaign to help citizens express their opposition to the EPA’s plan, claiming that it “will encourage thousands of lawsuits by environmental extremists against virtually every business activity in America.”

April 28, 2009

Poll Finds Majority Favors More Offshore, Onshore Drilling

Confronted with exorbitant gasoline prices, a wide spectrum of Americans are expressing support for oil and natural gas drilling in protected coastal and wilderness areas, according to a recent poll conducted by ABC News, Planet Green and Stanford University.

August 12, 2008

FERC: Qualified OK to Puget Utility-Macquarie Merger

Expressing confidence in state of Washington regulators, FERC gave conditional approval last Thursday to the proposed Puget Sound Energy (PSE) $7.4 billion merger with a private equity consortium of North American infrastructure investors led by a New York City unit of Australian-based Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP).

April 21, 2008

Producers, Intrastate Pipes Support Hub Approach for Posting Volumes

Expressing concern over FERC’s proposed rule requiring interstate and intrastate pipes to post actual flow volumes, producer and intrastate pipeline groups last week called on the agency to limit the scope of the proposal’s posting requirement for intrastate pipelines to only those intrastates that serve major hubs or market centers.

April 21, 2008

FERC OKs Puget Energy Merger Conditioned on State Protections

Expressing confidence in state of Washington regulators, FERC gave conditioned approval Thursday to the proposed Puget Sound Energy (PSE) $7.4 billion merger with a private equity consortium of North American infrastructure investors led by a New York City unit of Australian-based Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP).

April 18, 2008

Producers, Intrastate Pipes Support Hub Approach for Posting Volumes

Expressing concern over FERC’s proposed rule requiring interstate and intrastate pipes to post actual flow volumes, producer and intrastate pipeline groups have called on the agency to limit the scope of the proposal’s posting requirement for intrastate pipelines to only those intrastates that serve major hubs or market centers.

April 16, 2008

Utah Legislators Urge Congress to Block Anti-Development Measures

The Utah Senate Thursday approved a bill expressing its opposition to environmental group efforts to place more than nine million acres of public lands in the state off limits to development of oil and natural gas, coal, oil shale and other natural resources.

March 3, 2008

Utah Legislators Ask Congress to Block Anti-Development Measures

The Utah Senate Thursday approved a bill expressing its opposition to environmental group efforts to place more than nine million acres of public lands in the state off limits to development of oil and natural gas, coal, oil shale and other natural resources.

March 3, 2008